Gear Archives

How to use your camera’s custom settings feature to speed up your shooting workflow

Jan 25, 2023 John Aldred

This is one of the most underused features of mirrorless cameras today – and many later DSLRs that came before them. We’re talking about the…

Six years after release, Nikon releases new firmware for the D850 DSLR to improve skin tones

Jan 25, 2023 John Aldred

Nikon has released a new v1.3.0 firmware update for the Nikon D850 DSLR, six years after its initial release in 2017. Widely regarded as one…

How to fix laggy HDMI output latency in Panasonic Lumix mirrorless cameras

Jan 24, 2023 John Aldred

Richard Wong has been taking a bit of a deep dive into the HDMI output latency of his shiny new Panasonic S5 Mark II. HDMI…

OM System firmware update leaks impending 90mm f/3.5 Macro lens announcement

Jan 20, 2023 John Aldred

The expectation that OM System will release a long focal length (long for Micro Four Thirds, at least) macro lens has been around for a…

Tokina’s SZ Pro 300mm, 600mm and 900mm reflex lenses finally coming to stores in February

Jan 19, 2023 John Aldred

In November, Tokina announced three new reflex lenses in the SZ Pro lineup. They had focal lengths and apertures of 300mm f/7.1, 600mm f/8 and…

Voigtlander announces the ultra-bright Nokton 50mm f/1.0 and Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 lenses for Nikon Z

Jan 18, 2023 John Aldred

Cosina has announced two new lenses for the Nikon Z mount mirrorless system. One is an extremely impressive-sounding Voigtlander NOKTON 50mm f/1.0 Aspherical full-frame lens….

Lomography goes retro with $22 reloadable film point-and-shoot camera

Jan 18, 2023 Dunja Đuđić

Lomography has just released a reloadable point-and-shoot camera that uses 35mm film. No, this isn’t 1983, don’t worry, we haven’t invented the time machine… yet….